Scott Sands's Lounge Discussions

My Better call Saul appearance

Watching a Korean vampire series set in then Joseon dynasty, one of the bad guys put his foot up on the table. You can clearly see his black Timberland boots. In another scene the protagonist slides his bad ass swordsman spin and slide and you can tell he bought expensive dress boots at the Designer Club in Jung-gu.

As a filmmaker with budget that screams at you, do you shoot these scenes over or leave them as is and hope the fans call it trivia?

My name is Nicholas I am from Ireland and have produced two feature documentary films, the latter of which is entitled 'This Is Nicholas - Living With Autism'. Both production received editing awards.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8544176/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

'This Is Nicholas' tells the story of a mother's determination to see her son with Autism but also depression overcome challenges. This production screened in 28 Irish and two U.K. cinemas.

I had tried to get screenings in America but was fortunate that the head office of an American cinema informed me that they just accept films that are eighty minutes or longer, which is good to know.

I am now getting to work on my first feature film project project. Why? Someone informed me in my local town in Nenagh, County Tipperary Ireland that a movie would get more audiences. Certainly when watching a movie on the big screen, it in nice to get carried away into someone else's world on screen.

Perseverance, determination and ambition is the only thing that has brought me places, not giving up.

Email nryanpurcell@gmail.com and Social media www.facebook.com/NicholasRyanPurcellProductions

Hi Everyone in Stage 32 Land,

I've been a member of the Stage 32 community since September 2015. It seems a long time ago and probably goes back to when RB was writing his screenplays with a quill pen!

Lesson to learn here - It takes a village to raise a writer!

I'm an optioned writer and I've recently been working with a designer to help develop the branding for a new project, before it goes onto a website for Execs in the Film and TV industries. I think it will help promote the project, because sometimes words about words just feel a little too dry.

Anyway, the designer wants to go beyond this and work on the 'branding of Geoff', and yes I've listened to the recent Scriptnotes podcast where Craig Mazin gave a thumbs down to the branding of people. But you know what, I disagree. Yes I know he's just won an Emmy. I think if you're new to this business, people need all the help you can give them, to attract their attention. And, you know what, it's been great to work with someone who actually gets what you're trying to do. There is just so much creative juice flowing and it's great to move along with it.

I have a friend, yes another friend, with whom I share all my scripts, followed usually by intense discussion. He said to me once that 'you seem to find the gory scenes really easy to write!' He's right, I do and as we've discussed the style and focus of the stories we tried to come up with a word, yes just one, for the proverbial nutshell. He said to me that it's not quite horror, but creepy, which for him summed me up as well, due to my aforementioned ease with gore! But that's not exactly a word full of hard-edged insight, is it? As a descriptor it's a bit 'soft'. How about this one to end with, that sums up both me and the current script up? CREEP. What would Blumhouse make of that? 

Now here's an aside, just like Shakespeare used to write. In 1980's Chicago, a style of music was born called 'House'. As with all contemporaneous cultural phenomena things moved quickly and a little while later DEEP HOUSE was born, which in true creative manner took the existing form and added something to it, what some have called a deep muted bassline. It's the bassline reference that attracted my attention. Higher tones in music are uni-directional, basslines are omni-directional, they spread across a room and get to you wherever you're sat. At the right frequency they can disturb the listener (e.g. black noise). And so with this aside comes a revelation, that I'm going to call what I'm writing, wait for it...DEEP CREEP.

My writing always has a bassline, an element of disturbia. I achieve this by taking a genre, like horror and stretching it beyond the trope, or concept of say the lonely haunted (Blum)house and situate it in a wider social, political or cultural setting: terrorism, trafficking or political conspiracy. I'm not one that gravitates towards the generic. If it's already been done, I don't want to do it. I want to leave my mark with my own footprints and not by borrowing someone else's shoes. I like my stories to go beyond a given genre with its predictable forms and I believe by doing this we can create surprising, shocking and yes even gory twists and turns. 

Thanks for reading. If you're here for the first time, WELCOME. When we've finished with the design stage for this project, you'll find some artwork along with the Loglines on my Stage 32 Profile. Welcome to my world of DEEP CREEP! Have a great weekend.

Hi! I'm an Los Angeles based actress. I've got a busy couple of months with the wacky comedy feature film Man Camp of which I have the female lead hitting the festival circuit- Heartland, Austin, & Denver for starters!

The key art for Break Even is now ready with a spring 2020 release planned. Feeling super proud. You can check out the journey I've been on via the Stage 32 blog by starting with this post; https://www.stage32.com/blog/Breaking-in-with-Break-Even-Part-1

I know it's tough trying to break in but keep true to your voice, be patient, and persevere.

Hello I am Brenda McCray and I’m glad to be here. My nickname is SmokeyB I mostly go by.

Hey! I'm looking for Voice Actors to collaborate with for an independent project I'm developing. What would be the best way to connect?

There seems to be many different sites and I'm getting a bit lost in what the best resource is.

Or if you're a voice actor on here, please reach out!

I'm looking for all ages!

Cheers

Good morning all! My name is Scott Sands from beautiful Denver, CO. New profile...work in progress.